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FAST-TALKING DAMES.(Review)
National Catholic Reporter
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May 11, 2001|
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FAST-TALKING DAMES By Maria DiBattista Yale University Press, 365 pages, $27.95
I want to be a dame.
No, not a member of the British royalty. I mean a real dame -- a hip-swaying, gin-drinking, don't-take-nothing-from-nobody kind of gal. Think Roz Russell or Barbara Stanwyck. Think Kate Hepburn and Myrna Loy. Think of all those actresses who lit up the silver screen in the '30s and early '40s, offering the world a new image of smart, savvy femininity.
This is the kind of woman whom Maria DiBattista features in her new book. Fast-Talking Dames ...
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